Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-04
SATANNAIT'S SEA OUTLET
rHE LOCAL COMMITTEE TO BE
HEARD TOMORROW.

Sn0ther Georgian an Applicant for In
tersttte Commerce Commission Hon.
'rs-The Report OF the Labor Iuvesti-
CITING Committee Almost Ready-NO
Hope FOR EandaiI's Tariff Fraud,
WAsHINGTON, Feb. 3.--Gen. jackson,
Mr.. Hun and Coz. screven, of the SaVan-
nah Harbor Committee, arrived today.
Mr.. Norwood introduced them to
Chairman Mcmillan, of the Senate
Commerce Committee, and the
latter said that the committee
had determined to give them a brief
hearing upon the proposed increase In the
Savannah harbor Appropriation 90 Satur-
day next. Mr.. Norwood will attend the
hearing.
samuel Barrett, of Washington, is the
latest Georgian mentioned for place on
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The semi-otticial announcement to-
night that the President will sign the
interstate commerce bill tomorrow
quickens the efforts of the candidates
for the cominissiOnershIps provided tor
by the bill. There is good reason 10 be-
lieve that none Of the candidates
will be appointed. James F. Hudson, of
Plttsburg, is the only man mentioned
"hOcC S4dhSSs al q SOuc4octGu SDOu.
CURTIN's LABOR COMMITTEE.
Chairman Curtin says that he has al
most finished the report OF the House
Committee on Labor Strikes upon it's in
VestigatiOn OF last session. He has en-
tirely finished the review of the strikes Of
1880 and partially finished the review of
the strikes OF 1856. The committee has
not agreed upon any recommendation of
legislation, because they want to see first
what the President will do with the inter-
state commerce bill. In the event that
lie signs it, he Will partially Obvate the
necessity Gor any legislation regulating
tne relations between the railways and
their employees, because the differences
between them, Chairman Curtin thinks,
would be or at least could be passed upon
by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
RANDALL'S REVENUE SHAM.
Mr.. Randall having written Speaker
Carlisle letter mclOsing him a copy of
mis- applejack tariff bill, and asking him
whether he ana his friends would be
willing to go into committee of the whole
and endeavOr to frame bill reducing the
revenue on the Randall bill as basis,
Speaker Carlisle has prepared long re-
ply which he will send to MIR. Randall to-
morrow. Init he will say that of course
he and his friends are ready at any time
to 90 into committee fthe whole TO frame
a bill reducing the revenue, and that they
have already made a determined effort
to do just that thing THIS ses-
SION. He then proceeds to show,
by d careful contrast between tue Randall
bill and the Morrison bill, that the latter
and not the former is the true basis for
proper reduction of the revenue. He
shows bySa careful analysis tnat as a mat
ter OF fact the Randall bill rather in
CTHAEpS than TpHncHS inc en,tnma
nue. and thatits free list is a sham. In
short he sets forth the position OF the rev.
enue TefOrmers in plain terms. They
are ready now, as they have been
ev4r since the beginning OF the
Congress, 10 vote for any measure that
contempldteS real revenue reform and
reduction, and they are equally ready to
oppose any attempts to tuist fraud on
the. public such as Mr.. Randall is now
making. 1t is now quite apparent that
nothing can be done by this Congress IN
the direction of reducing the revenue,
and the prospect Of an extra session Of
the next Congress is greater than ever,
TOBACCO TAXATION.
1t was reported today that Speaker
Carlisle had promised to recognize Rep
Yesentative William d. Kelley on Monday
next to move the passage, under a suspen-
sion of the rules, of "a bill repeating the
tax on tobacco. Speaker Carlisle said
this evening that he had made no such
promise. AS matter Oi7iact, a careful
canvass of the House on this very Ques-
tion made last week shows that such a
motion could not command the necessary
tWO-thlrds majority. 1t would receive
about 40 votes. There are over 1903,
Democrats ana forty Republicans
who will not vote for any internal reYe-
nue. reduction scheme.